Improvement in mucilage-cups



.CROSBY Mucilage-Cups WITNESSES /MW j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. CROSBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MUCILAGECUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. l 45,] 55, datedDecember 2, 1873; application tiled July 10, loS.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, J. E. CROSBY, of NenTYork, in the county of New York and'State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Mncilage-Oups; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, that will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a vertical central section of amucilage-pot, provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame.

This invention has relation to mucilage-pots; and consists in thecombinatiomwith a grooved and notched mouth, of a removable wire-brushcleaner, having' lateral projections to iit said groove, substantiallyas hereinafter described.

1n order to enable others skilled to construct and apply my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the same in detail.

Referring` to the accompanying drawings,in which said invention isclearly illustrated,A designates a mucilage-pot, made of any suitablematerial and in any desirable shape.

Within the month or neck B, as shown at O,

I form an annular iiange or ledge with a circular groove, b, in itsinner surface, to receive the supporting-arms b of the brushcleaner E.The latter consists of a thin metallic ring, F, made, preferably, fromvery tine Wire, or its equivalent, and provided with any required numberof Vexterior radial projections or arms, b', to support it in position.The ring F is, as shown in the drawing, of considerably less diameterthan the tlange C, so as to prevent the mucilage, drained from the madeto first coincide with the notches. The

arms to be arranged in the groove are dropped into the notches, and thering turned a short distance to the right or left. G designates aliange, encircling the neck or mouth of the nnicilage-pot, and designedto admit of the use of a suitable cap or cover, as well as to preventany mucilage which may drop from the brush upon the lian ge O fromflowing over the sides of the pot.

It is manifest that by the use of the ring the brush is el'lectuallydeprived of all superiuous mncilage, and the latter, failing to find asurface to which it can adhere, will drop back into the pot, thuskeeping the mouth of the latter neat and clean. By slight modifi4 cationthe ring maybe made attachable to mucilage-pots of the ordinary form.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The ring F, having the arms b', incombination with the' mucilage-pothaving the grooved and notched ilange C, substantially as des scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day of June, 1873.

JOSEPH E. CROSBY. Vitnesses:

EDWARD GREEN, Jr., MELVILLE B. CLARK.

When the ring.

